The benefits of coating kitchen cabinets
There are many benefits to relining kitchen cabinets. It’s certainly a lot less expensive than starting from scratch, but it also recycles your old cabinets, making it the greener option. Of course, the deciding factor is the fact that the job can be completed in much less time with far fewer interruptions.
The main benefit, as with most things, comes down to cost. Cost is a defining factor in most things, so with kitchen cabinet relining, savings of up to thirty percent less than full replacement are big motivators that lead people to choose this option.
Another benefit is the environmental friendliness of reusing old cabinets instead of tearing them out. It makes a lot of sense when you consider how sturdy older cabinets tend to be. Modern cabinets are mass-produced in factories, with a design streamlined to be lightweight for transport and easy to assemble. By contrast, things produced in the past were built to last. Ripping apart cabinets that big seems wasteful, and replacing them with something inferior seems like a terrible shame.
The key benefit of kitchen cabinet resurfacing is the wide choice and ability of the resurfacing to look stunning as if it has been completely replaced. The finish is a key part of achieving this, and there are three options for regular use, from solid color or wood effect plastic laminates, to the more realistic effects of rigid thermal foils. For the ultimate in looks, the genuine wood veneer finish trumps the other two.
While savings are a great benefit, unfortunately there are situations where kitchen owners need to be careful when trying to choose the cheapest option. Many kitchens are not optimally designed and therefore create additional work for the people who use them. It’s a shame that those who are cooking or working in the kitchen are forced to bump into other people and get around misplaced cupboards. The ideal solution in this case is to simply gut it and start from scratch. Some cabinet refinishing companies offer some cabinet replacements so that if only a little needs to be done, customers can get the best of both worlds. Most will also fit in new cabinets.
Most beneficial is the ability to face cabinets to do it faster and with fewer interruptions. Unfortunately, there will be times when full replacement is the best value, in which case a few days of downtime is unavoidable. Sometimes a fresh start for your kitchen can be the best option. The time of the actual refacing job is the perfect time to change a few other things like drawers and fixtures like replacing granite kitchen countertops.
Kitchen cabinet refinishing is not only cost-saving, but its biggest benefit is its simplicity and ease, allowing you to get the kitchen you’ve always dreamed of at reduced cost and less disruption.